diff --git a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program/Programs/Win32Program.cs b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program/Programs/Win32Program.cs
index 3e851ef008..2cb5604a85 100644
--- a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program/Programs/Win32Program.cs
+++ b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program/Programs/Win32Program.cs
@@ -376,7 +376,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
                 if (line.StartsWith(urlPrefix, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
                     urlPath = line.Substring(urlPrefix.Length);
-                    Uri uri = new Uri(urlPath);
+
+                    try
+                    {
+                        Uri uri = new Uri(urlPath);
+                    }
+                    catch (UriFormatException e)
+                    {
+                        // To catch the exception if the uri cannot be parsed.
+                        // Link to watson crash: https://watsonportal.microsoft.com/Failure?FailureSearchText=5f871ea7-e886-911f-1b31-131f63f6655b
+                        ProgramLogger.LogException($"|Win32Program|InternetShortcutProgram|{urlPath}|url could not be parsed", e);
+                        return new Win32Program() { Valid = false, Enabled = false };
+                    }
 
                     // To filter out only those steam shortcuts which have 'run' or 'rungameid' as the hostname
                     if (internetShortcutURLPrefixes.Match(urlPath).Success)